• Lauryn Garewal slashed .667/.700/.778 in a 3-0 weekend for UC Riverside at its own Amy S. Harrison Classic to notch a first career Big West Softball Player of the Week award.
• The fourth-year senior and Highlander leadoff batter hit .667 (6-for-9) with five runs, a double, three RBI, a walk, and five steals on five attempts for the week.
• The native of Banning was 4-for-4 in an 8-0 run-rule victory over Howard to conclude play on Friday, with three runs, two RBI and career-hihj-tying three stolen bases. Garewal opened the scoring with a theft of home plate in the third before adding RBI singles in the fourth and sixth and scoring the walk-off game-ender later in that same frame.
• Garewal started the three games at second base and handled all eight defensive chances cleanly without an error. Following the weekend, Garewal ranks in the top 10 in The Big West in batting (.420), runs (13), hits (21), doubles (five) and steals (six).
• Garewal is UCR’s first Big West Field Player of the Week since current teammate Nadia Witt on March 9, 2020, just before the pandemic.